Bug #34468 for PathTools: File::Spec->rootdir() not returning correct roordir for windows

Thu Mar 27 07:19:45 2008 ramesh.thangamani [...] yahoo.co.in - Ticket created

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File::Spec->rootdir() not returning correct roordir for windows

Environment details ----------------------- C:\Documents and Settings\rthangam.APPLICATIONS>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.4 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 3 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2004, Larry Wall Binary build 810 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.com ActiveState is a division of Sophos. Built Jun 1 2004 11:52:21 Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page. Operating system: Windows XP Module version -------------- File::Spec => version 0.87 File::Spec::Win32 => version 1.4 C:\>perl -e "use File::Spec; $rootdir = File::Spec->rootdir(); print $rootdir" / For windows operating system the root directory is printed as '/' which is incorrect. I guess it should be printing c:\ for this example. Can you please check this out.

Thu Mar 27 08:08:06 2008 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

File::Spec is now at version 3.2701, you can upgrade your copy. rootdir() now returns \, which is the root directory on the current volume. To get the root directory on a different volume you can do catpath($volume, rootdir(), ''). -Ken

Thu Mar 27 08:08:09 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Mar 27 08:08:10 2008 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Fri Mar 28 02:18:55 2008 ramesh.thangamani [...] yahoo.co.in - Correspondence added

On Thu Mar 27 08:08:06 2008, KWILLIAMS wrote: Show quoted text

> File::Spec is now at version 3.2701, you can upgrade your copy. > > rootdir() now returns \, which is the root directory on the current > volume. To get the root > directory on a different volume you can do catpath($volume, rootdir(), > ''). > > -Ken

Thanks Ken, the latest version returns '\' but i don't think rootdirectory concept exists in windows. Please provide your comments.

Fri Mar 28 02:18:57 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'

Mon Mar 31 20:36:24 2008 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Fri Mar 28 02:18:55 2008, RTHANGAM wrote: Show quoted text

> Thanks Ken, the latest version returns '\' but i don't think > rootdirectory concept exists in windows. Please provide your comments.

There's no single root directory on windows, there are several, one per drive letter. Experiment with the following: c: dir \ d: dir \ -Ken

Mon Mar 31 20:36:27 2008 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'